Building costs rose by 2.8 per cent in September
year-on-year

According to Statistics Finland, building costs
rose by 2.8 per cent in September 2018 compared with the previous
year's September. The prices of materials went up by 3.5 per cent,
those of services by 2.4 per cent and those of labour inputs by two
per cent compared with September 2017.

Long term development of the Building Cost
Index

From August to September, the total index of building costs grew
by 0.1 per cent. The prices of materials went up by 0.3 per cent
and those of services by 0.1 per cent from the month before. The
prices of labour inputs remained unchanged from the previous
month.